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Homemade Pizza Recipe
Prep time: 2 hours
Cook time: 30 minutes
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Ingredients
Pizza Dough: Makes enough dough for two 10-12 inch pizzas
• 1 1/2 cups warm water (105°F-115°F)• 1 package (2 1/4 teaspoons) of active dry yeast (check the expiration date on the package)
• 3 1/2 cups bread flour (can use all-purpose but bread flour will give you a crisper crust)
• 2 Tbsp oliveoil
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1 teaspoon sugar
Pizza Ingredients
• Olive oil
• Cornmeal (to slide the pizza onto the pizza stone)
• Tomato sauce (purée)
• Mozzarella or Parmesan cheese, shredded
•Feta cheese
• Mushrooms, thinly sliced
• Bell peppers, stems and seeds removed, thinly sliced
• Italian sausage, cooked ahead
• Chopped fresh basil
• Pesto
• Pepperoni, thinly sliced
• Onions,thinly sliced
• Sliced ham
Special equipment needed
• A pizza stone, highly recommended if you want your pizza dough to be crusty
• A pizza peel or a flat baking sheet
• A pizza wheel forcutting the pizza, not required, but easier to deal with than a knife
Method
Making the Pizza Dough
1. In the large bowl of a heavy duty electric mixer (such as a Kitchen Aid), add the warm water.Sprinkle on the yeast and let sit for 5 minutes until the yeast is dissolved. Stir to dissolve completely if needed at the end of 5 minutes.
2. Attach a mixing paddle to the mixer. Mix in the olive oil,flour, salt and sugar on low speed for about a minute. Remove the mixing paddle and replace with a dough hook. Knead using the mixer and dough hook, on low to medium speed, until the dough is smooth andelastic, about 10 minutes. If you don't have a mixer, you can mix and knead by hand. If the dough seems a little too wet, sprinkle on a bit more flour.
3. Place ball of dough in a bowl that has beencoated lightly with olive oil. Turn the dough around in the bowl so that it gets coated with the oil. Cover with plastic wrap. Let sit in a warm place (75-85°F) until it doubles in size, about 1...